Species Detail Grasses

Plant - fall Granite Mtn - Tr 308		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Muhlenbergia rigens - deergrass Synonyms: Epicampes rigens, Muhlenbergia marshii, Muhlenbergia mundula Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae
Plant - fall Granite Mtn - Tr 308


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Grows in sandy washes, gravelly canyon bottoms, rocky drainages, and moist, sandy slopes, often along small streams. Plant Communities:Riparian Elevation: 3000 - 7500 feet Similar Species: Muhlenbergia emersleyi General Description Desc: Tall, stiffly erect bunchgrass with densely clumped stems from a hard knotty base. Identification Notes: Tufted perennial grass without rhizomes; narrow seedheads, dense or spikelike 3 to 24 inches long; branches flowered from base; awnless; blades rolled inward; glumes sharp or rounded; ligule 1/16 inch long. Similar to bullgrass which has open seedheads. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: Jul - Oct Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: One-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Absent Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead long and narrow, spikelike, 3 to 24 inches long, less than 1/2 inch wide. Spikelets less than 1/8 inch long. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Involute Blade Notes: Blades 4 to 20 inches long, 1/16 to 1.4 inch wide, flat or mostly rolled inward and tapering to a thread-like tip, stiff, smooth below, rough on top. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Poor due to coarseness.


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